Frank McKenna is one of Canada's most respected public figures. He has achieved noteworthy success as a lawyer, politician and businessman. He won three overwhelming mandates as Premier of the Province of New Brunswick and achieved national prominence for his leadership.

Mr. McKenna is credited with achieving a remarkable turnaround in the attitude of New Brunswickers. The Province today boasts an entrepreneurial attitude that is fuelling unprecedented growth. Mr. McKenna honoured his pledge to leave politics after ten years, retiring ten years to the day from his swearing-in date.

Mr. McKenna now devotes his considerable energies to the practice of law, corporate directorships and his long-time passion - continued economic development of the Atlantic region.

Laurence is the CIT chair in structured finance and the finance area coordinator at the J. L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Since 1978 he has taught graduate courses and short executive programs in business finance, international financial management, mergers and acquisitions, financial management and theory, money and foreign exchange markets and business valuation. His research activity is primarily in domestic and international corporate finance, where he has published extensively in leading academic journals on cost of capital, corporate financing issues and risk management. He completed his undergraduate work at the London School of Economics, and his masters and doctorate in finance at Indiana University.

Mike graduated from Heriot-Watt University with an Honours BSc. in actuarial mathematics and statistics in 1991. In 1996 Mike qualified as a fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries. He joined Baillie Gifford in May 2000 as head of portfolio risk and performance analysis. Prior to that, Mike was head of quantitative research at Aegon Asset Management. He is currently the chairman of the Faculty and Institute of Actuaries Working Party on Portfolio Risk.

Harindra is president and a member of the board of directors of Analytic Investors, a specialist, quantitative investment management firm that is a partner on the Integra Global Advisors platform. He is responsible for the firm's strategic direction and the ongoing development of its investment processes. As the senior member of the firm's investment team, Harindra also serves as co-manager of the U.S. Core Equity and Market Neutral strategies. He has authored several articles and studies on finance related topics, including stock market anomalies, market volatility and asset valuation. He received a PhD in finance from the University of California, Irvine. He holds a BS in mechanical engineering, an MBA in finance and an MS in economic forecasting and is a designated CFA.

Pierre is associate vice-president, risk and return management at CDP Capital. In his current role, he is responsible for management of CDP Capital’s global risk portfolio. Before joining CDP Capital as a director in 2000, Pierre was vice-president, quantitative strategies, at Elantis, where he worked for five years. Pierre has published several articles on investment and is a member of the Society of Quantitative Analysts. He has a BSc. in mathematics and a master of business administration from McGill University and is a chartered financial analyst.

Lawrence is a professor and Ned Goodman Chair in investment finance at the John Molson School of Business in Montreal. He is an active educator and consultant in financial services, including commercial credit, wealth and portfolio management, investment banking, and the regulation of financial markets, institutions and participants. He is the (co-)author of over 80 refereed articles, an editor of the Multinational Finance Journal and an editorial board member of Canadian Investment Review. He is the first recipient of the Annual OSFI Award for Excellence in Research (2000) and numerous other awards. Lawrence has a BA from the University of Calgary and a PhD from the University of British Columbia.

Andrew is the chief operating officer of Measurisk where he is responsible for managing the client services group and for ensuring that the company’s product development is meeting client needs. Andrew spent four years at Bankers Trust as vice-president and as product manager of their large custodial reporting system. Prior to that, he was a senior consultant at Anderson Consulting. Andrew holds an MBA in finance and management from Columbia University and a BA in economics from Lafayette College.

Ravi is an institutional portfolio manager in the Boston-based Structured Investments Group and is responsible for managing institutional portfolios in the Select discipline. Prior to joining Fidelity, Ravi worked for Pyrford International as portfolio manager and member of the investment strategy committee. He was also a research analyst and member of the global equity team at Frank Russell Company in London. He holds a BA from the University of Puget Sound and is a chartered financial analyst. Ravi is a member of the Boston Securities Analysts Society.

Gary is a partner in the derivatives and structured products group of the law firm of McMillan Binch. His practice focuses on domestic and off-shore structured financings/investment funds with particular emphasis on all aspects of the over-the-counter and exchange traded derivatives markets. He acts on behalf of financial institutions, domestic and foreign investment dealers, governments, large corporations, pension funds, commodity pools and hedge funds. Gary sits on the advisory board of a number of hedge funds in the marketplace. He has written numerous articles in the derivatives and foreign exchange area and has spoken at various conferences relating to hedge funds, derivatives and corporate finance.

Sébastien is currently a senior associate at State Street Associates. He joined the company as a research analyst for the development of portfolio tools and investment strategies. Previously, he completed two internships at the Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec on asset allocation. He won the first prize in the Montreal Society of Financial Analyst contest for his research on Value At Risk. He also won honourable mention in the Young Professional of the Year category at the 2002 Quebec Financial Industry Gala. Sébastien holds an M.Sc. in finance from Sherbrooke University and is currently pursuing a CFA designation.

David is principal in the Toronto office of Towers Perrin, specializing in asset management consultation. He assists clients in a variety of aspects of asset management, including asset allocation and financial management, pension governance reviews, manager structure analysis, selection of investment managers and monitoring of manager performance. David is a fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and the Society of Actuaries.

Bill is currently the managing director of the Finance Development Centre in London. In this role he has made contributions in the modelling of derivative prices and risk sensitivities and, together with his partners, to the creation of new portfolio performance measurement tools. Previously he was the founding executive director of the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences in Toronto. He has also held research positions at the Institute for Advanced Study, the NASA Ames Research Centre and was a professor at the universities of Toronto and Waterloo.

Alan is the Peter L. Mitchelson / SIT Investment Associates Foundation Professor of Investment Strategy at the Rotman School. His research is principally in the area of derivative securities: their pricing and use by financial institutions for risk management. He has published many articles on these topics in practitioner and academic journals. He is well known for his work (with John Hull) on the Hull-White interest rate model, which won the Nikko-LOR award. Recently his research has focused on market risk and credit risk issues. He has consulted in these areas for many financial institutions in North America, Europe and Japan.